Leidos (United States)
In research, Leidos (United States) stands highest in Health Sciences (#567 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#612 of 8,541 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#692 of 6,403 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Immunology and Microbiology (Immunology and Microbiology is 4.6× its share of world research).
- World rank, 2022-now
- #1,010 of 22,385 · #539 all time
- Rank in United States
- #224 of 3,332
- Research works
- 1.9k ▼ 31% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 53k 28.6 per fractional work
- Top-10% rate
- 12.0% all institutions 10.0%
- vs its own fields
- 1.12× 1.00× is exactly expected
- Open access
- 60% world 40%
- International
- 26% world 18%
What is Leidos (United States) known for in research?
The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.
| Field | World rank | Where that sits | Top-10% rate | Works | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health SciencesDomain | #567 of 9,902 | 15.0% | 135 | #304 | |
| MedicineField | #612 of 8,541 | 15.9% | 113 | #319 | |
| Life SciencesDomain | #692 of 6,403 | 16.0% | 92 | #327 | |
| Physical SciencesDomain | #1,645 of 10,670 | 8.2% | 160 | #1172 | |
| EngineeringField | #1,583 of 5,901 | 7.7% | 67 | #780 |
Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Leidos (United States) sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).
Which of those standings moved
The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.
- Health Sciences#304 #567
- Medicine#319 #612
- Life Sciences#327 #692
- Physical Sciences#1,172 #1,645
- Engineering#780 #1,583
A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.
Which fields of science does Leidos (United States) work in?
In 2022-now, 36% of research at Leidos (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 30% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (25%), Engineering (15%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (12%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Life Sciences.
Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.
Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
- Physical Sciences17635.9%
- Engineering7415.0%
- Computer Science347.0%
- Physics and Astronomy204.2%
- Environmental Science204.1%
- Materials Science91.8%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences71.4%
- Chemistry71.3%
- Chemical Engineering20.4%
- Mathematics20.3%
- Energy20.3%
- Health Sciences14930.4%
- Medicine12525.4%
- Health Professions204.1%
- Veterinary20.4%
- Dentistry10.3%
- Nursing10.2%
- Life Sciences9920.3%
- Social Sciences6613.4%
What does Leidos (United States) specialise in?
Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Immunology and Microbiology takes 4.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.
- Immunology and MicrobiologyField · 22.6 works4.6×
Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.
Field profile
Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 4.6×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Immunology and Microbiology4.59×23 works
- Veterinary2.81×2 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.30×60 works
- Psychology2.00×30 works
- Physics and Astronomy1.88×20 works
- Health Professions1.57×20 works
- Medicine1.32×125 works
- Chemical Engineering1.12×2 works
- Decision Sciences1.01×5 works
- Engineering1.00×74 works
- Neuroscience0.94×7 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences0.92×7 works
- Computer Science0.90×34 works
- Chemistry0.85×7 works
- Environmental Science0.82×20 works
- Dentistry0.61×1 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.56×1 works
- Materials Science0.53×9 works
- Social Sciences0.37×23 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.35×8 works
- Energy0.34×2 works
- Nursing0.31×1 works
- Mathematics0.28×2 works
- Business, Management and Accounting0.25×4 works
- Arts and Humanities0.16×2 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.15×2 works
- Immunology and Microbiology 4.6×
- Veterinary 2.8×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 2.3×
- Psychology 2.0×
- Physics and Astronomy 1.9×
- Health Professions 1.6×
- Medicine 1.3×
- Chemical Engineering 1.1×
- Decision Sciences 1.0×
- Engineering 1.0×
- Neuroscience 0.9×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 0.9×
- Computer Science 0.9×
- Chemistry 0.8×
- Environmental Science 0.8×
- Dentistry 0.6×
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 0.6×
- Materials Science 0.5×
- Social Sciences 0.4×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.3×
- Energy 0.3×
- Nursing 0.3×
- Mathematics 0.3×
- Business, Management and Accounting 0.2×
- Arts and Humanities 0.2×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 0.1×
Who are the top researchers at Leidos (United States)?
Ranked on the quality score, Christopher C. Thornburg, Kelli A. Oswald and Shuang Guo lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Leidos (United States).
- 1
Christopher C. Thornburg
United States · #505,767 worldwide 921 citations · 24 works
- 2
Kelli A. Oswald
United States · #581,307 worldwide 1.8k citations · 20 works
- 3
Shuang Guo
United States · #597,525 worldwide 893 citations · 32 works
- 4
Gordon M. Stott
United States · #642,905 worldwide 1.3k citations · 83 works
- 5
Amy R. Noe
United States · #816,921 worldwide 1.2k citations · 33 works
- 6
Castle Raley
United States · #829,631 worldwide 955 citations · 24 works
- 7
Conrado Soria
United States · #1,106,549 worldwide 1.2k citations · 17 works
- 8
Melody Roelke‐Parker
United States · #1,143,445 worldwide 2.1k citations · 45 works
- 9
Logan J. Voegtly
United States · #1,175,949 worldwide 914 citations · 34 works
- 10
Matthew R. Lueder
United States · #1,534,259 worldwide 184 citations · 22 works
Which keywords describe research at Leidos (United States)?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Vaccine, Trauma, Immune Response, Immunity, Mental Health, Psychometric Evaluation and Cancer Risk.
- HIV
- Cognitive Performance
- antibody
- Antibodies
- High Power Terahertz Sources
- Dynamic Nuclear Polarization
- Coronavirus
- Firefighters
- Occupational Exposure
- Antiretroviral Therapy
- Physical Fitness
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
- Cancer Therapy
- Cancer Risk
- Immunotherapy
- Pandemic
- Immunity
- Immune Response
- Vaccine
- Machine Learning
- Epidemiology
- Mental Health
- Cancer
- Public Health
- Trauma
- Psychometric Evaluation
- SARS-CoV-2
- Resilience
- Cognitive Therapy
- Psychological Treatment
- ACE2 Receptor
- Injuries
- Emergency Responders
- Mutation
- Viral Transmission
- Cancer Immunotherapy
- Vacuum Electronics
- Transcriptional Regulation
- spike protein
- Occupational Safety
Size is fractional works in 2022-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.
All 40 words, with their numbers
- Epidemiology41▲ 2.1×92 topics
- Machine Learning22▲ 1.34×39 topics
- Mental Health17▲ 2.4×22 topics
- Vaccine15▲ 7.7×9 topics
- Cancer13▲ 2.0×35 topics
- Immune Response13▲ 4.7×14 topics
- Public Health12▲ 1.75×35 topics
- Immunity11▲ 5.7×10 topics
- Trauma10▲ 10×6 topics
- Pandemic10▲ 1.98×8 topics
- Psychometric Evaluation10▲ 20×2 topics
- Immunotherapy9▲ 2.5×17 topics
- SARS-CoV-29▲ 6.0×5 topics
- Cancer Risk9▲ 8.0×6 topics
- Resilience8▲ 3.5×6 topics
- Cancer Therapy8▲ 2.8×16 topics
- Cognitive Therapy7▲ 13×2 topics
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder7▲ 49×1 topic
- Psychological Treatment7▲ 49×1 topic
- Physical Fitness7▲ 10×2 topics
- ACE2 Receptor7▲ 6.3×2 topics
- Antiretroviral Therapy7▲ 8.8×6 topics
- Injuries7▲ 46×2 topics
- Occupational Exposure7▲ 25×2 topics
- Emergency Responders7▲ 77×1 topic
- Firefighters7▲ 77×1 topic
- Mutation7▲ 7.4×5 topics
- Coronavirus6▲ 6.2×2 topics
- Viral Transmission6▲ 9.0×4 topics
- Dynamic Nuclear Polarization6▲ 41×2 topics
- Cancer Immunotherapy6▲ 7.4×3 topics
- High Power Terahertz Sources5▲ 82×1 topic
- Vacuum Electronics5▲ 82×1 topic
- Antibodies5▲ 19×2 topics
- Transcriptional Regulation5▲ 6.3×8 topics
- antibody5▲ 11×1 topic
- spike protein5▲ 11×1 topic
- Cognitive Performance5▲ 9.6×4 topics
- Occupational Safety5▲ 10×2 topics
- HIV5▲ 11×4 topics
Which research topics does Leidos (United States) publish most on?
By volume in 2022-now: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research, Occupational Health and Performance, Gyrotron and Vacuum Electronics Research and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research Clinical Psychology 7 works
- 2 Occupational Health and Performance Occupational Therapy 7 works
- 3 Gyrotron and Vacuum Electronics Research Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 5 works
- 4 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 5 works
- 5 HIV Research and Treatment Virology 4 works
- 6 Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 4 works
- 7 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 3 works
- 8 Traumatic Brain Injury Research Epidemiology 3 works
- 9 Microwave Engineering and Waveguides Electrical and Electronic Engineering 3 works
- 10 Immunotherapy and Immune Responses Immunology 3 works
How open and international is its research?
Against the world's own shares: the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.
World: 40% of research is openly available.
World: 18% is written across borders.
How has Leidos (United States)'s research output changed?
Output in 2022-2025 was 31% lower than in 2018-2021.
The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.
Its share of all research
Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Leidos (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0020% in 2024.
Fractional works of Leidos (United States) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.
How much of it reaches the world top 10%
Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 20.2% in 2015.
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